Divinity Atlas

Sacred Correspondences
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Ceres, accession 1978.2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-19

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Ceres," a buff terracotta statuette by Augustin Pajou, French, ca. 1768 to 70. The title itself is the goddess's own name, with no hedge, and the record's own tags name Ceres as the Roman goddess represented.

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Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/206711
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned statuette, the strongest available record for its artist, date and accession number, whose own title is the goddess's own name.
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Ceres, Deities

This source names Ceres directly: "open-access collection API record for "Ceres," a buff terracotta statuette by Augustin Pajou, French, ca."

Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)

This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected.
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